Riders often have boilerplate language, and are supplied by management.

Call and advance it.

Has anyone seen a rider listing a PM3K as acceptable lately?

Indeed, many agents and management companies just "cut and paste" whole blocks of text from the rider for their most successful act (either current or in the past) and put it in ALL of their contract riders.

Yes, CALL and advance it. When you talk to the person(s) who will actually be doing the show you often get a clear, realistic perspective. Sometimes not though, if the artist is an "on the way up or on the way down" delusional "superstar"

I have, in the last six months, seen one, and only one, rider that listed a Yamaha PM3K as acceptable.

An agent or manager probably pieced together the rider by cutting and pasting sections of old riders or possible even riders from other acts they work with.

I recently saw a rider come through with some parts that I had written 10 years ago. It then went on to ask for different things in another section and had an input list that didn't correspond to either. It would be easier if agents didn't send out tech riders at all.

An agent or manager probably pieced together the rider by cutting and pasting sections of old riders or possible even riders from other acts they work with.

I recently saw a rider come through with some parts that I had written 10 years ago. It then went on to ask for different things in another section and had an input list that didn't correspond to either. It would be easier if agents didn't send out tech riders at all.

I just got back from a meeting with a group for whom I'll be helping with sound tomorrow. There were nine performers and a composer. None of them had any idea what they needed, what they were bringing (cello player on tour didn't bring his DPA mic......what, it's too big?) or what if any back-line had been requested from the venue. I don't know who's handling their tour arrangements (singers husband?), but it's certainly not an agency.

Twice this year, I have given the stage tech an input list that is 4 channels long and had it be messed up when I walked up to the desk.

And what is it about horn players not being able to make soundcheck. Every time I have a band with a horn section they are no where to be found for soundcheck. And that included the band where the horn player was the band leader.